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> So why aren't the headers covered under the GNU Library General
> Public License? That would make much more sense and avoid this
> "included inline function" mess. Can we change the license on
> the include files without too much hassle?

Ask Linus. For the networking ones they are GPL and staying that
way. Its not hard to write your own equivalents and I dont see
that I need to go to the trouble.

> On the other hand... we could just say "screw you" to those
> companies wanting to operate under NDAs. I don't think this
> is a good thing for Linux or its users. NDAs are a fact of
> life. (If memory serves, you are under a few NDAs yourself.)

Not really. The one thing I notionally don't know about other than
the usual boring company confidential stuff I found on a web page
the day after someone explained it was ultra secret ;)

Alan



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